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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 09, 2025

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  4. Open Hardware/Modding/Retro: LinuxPDF, Amiga, and Raspberry Pi
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  5. Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers
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  8. Games: Banning Steam Deck Users and Classic Video Game ("Prince of Persia") Helped Spread Linux
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  9. Security, FUD, and Scams
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  10. today's howtos
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  11. Games: MOO List, Godot 4.4 Beta 3, and More
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  12. New Releases of EasyOS: Version 6.6.2 of EasyOS Daedalus-series and of EasyOS Scarthgap-series
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  13. today's leftovers
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  14. Windows TCO Leftovers
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  25. Security Leftovers
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  26. Programming Leftovers
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